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SPRINGFIELD — Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner balked Tuesday at the size of requests from state agencies to boost the current budget, saying approval of their bids for up to $760 million would cause a bigger backlog in the state paying its bills. Rauner said the requests for more funds for the budget year ending June 30 are an outgrowth of "fundamentally dishonest" appropriations in which Democrats knowingly shorted money to agencies to make the budget look smaller, figuring they could get more money after the November election. "Come on," Rauner said. The governor-elect, who estimated that the backlog of unpaid bills is already about $5 billion, has...

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SPRINGFIELD — Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner balked Tuesday at the size of requests from state agencies to boost the current budget, saying approval of their bids for up to $760 million would cause a bigger backlog in the state paying its bills.
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